Stress Management BlogThe Stress Management Blog is your link to Strictly-Stress-Management.com. The articles and information you find here will help you take back control of your health and your life. Here, you will find... - all the up-to-date information you need to help you solve all your personal wellness challenges; - book, product and site reviews to give you access to the resources you need to kick out stress from your life - the occasional bit of humor to help keep things a bit lighter. Jul 30, 2010, Welcome to Strictly Stress Management and our STRESS RELIEF VIDEO OF THE DAY.Today's Strictly Stress Management VIDEO OF THE DAY: Dance Therapy - Managing Stress Through Creative Self-Expression. Jul 30, 2010, Endless Articles on Stress for Your Information and Enjoyment.Many news sources are writing lots of great articles on stress. Here is a sampling of some from the last year. Jul 29, 2010, Art Therapy Activities Can Be Very Helpful Stress Management Tools.If you want to really get serious with your stress management efforts, try some different art therapy activities and get lost in your own creative process. Jul 29, 2010, Stress and Divorce: There is Life After Divorce.Stress and divorce seem to go hand in hand. In fact, there are few things in life that require better stress management skills than dealing with a divorce. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Stress and Divorce: There is Life After Divorce." Jul 27, 2010, Primal Therapy Could Be the Answer to Releasing all that Repressed Emotion.Go ahead & SCREAM! Dr. Janov & others believe letting it all out with primal therapy is the best stress management model ever discovered. Jul 27, 2010, Laughter Therapy is the Ultimate in Stress Management..There is simply no better way to manage stress than with laughter therapy. Try out this list of ideas for adding more laughter to your life. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Laughter Therapy is the Ultimate in Stress Management.." Jul 26, 2010, Stress Management Videos LibraryWe hope you find this library of stress management videos informative and enjoyable. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Stress Management Videos Library" Jul 26, 2010, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Can Be Brought Under Control.Do you suffer from a generalized anxiety disorder? If so, you should know that doctors are learning more each day. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Generalized Anxiety Disorder Can Be Brought Under Control." Jul 25, 2010, 10 Stress Relief Tips to Live Stress-freeYes, it's true, the K.I.S.S. (Keep It Sweet & Simple) principle applies to stress relief tips as well. Try some of these simple strategies and make the choice to live stress-free. Permalink -- click for full blog post "10 Stress Relief Tips to Live Stress-free " Jul 24, 2010, Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome or PTSD Real Relief is Available.So many suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome or PTSD, but few realize they can take back control of their health and their life. Jul 24, 2010, Horticultural Therapy Provides Excellent Stress ReliefIs stress has got you down, try horticultural therapy or gardening therapy to pick yourself back up again. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Horticultural Therapy Provides Excellent Stress Relief" Jul 23, 2010, Family Stress Can Be One of the Biggest Stressors.In any family, stressful situations will arise, but thankfully, family stress can be managed with effective communication. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Family Stress Can Be One of the Biggest Stressors." Jul 22, 2010, Stress and Diseases are Closely Linked TodayThere seems to be no end to links between stress and diseases, especially chronic degenerative diseases. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Stress and Diseases are Closely Linked Today" Jul 21, 2010, Excellent Stress Video from National GeographicWatch this interesting stress video called "The Science of Stress." Permalink -- click for full blog post "Excellent Stress Video from National Geographic" Jul 21, 2010, The Science of StressI found this great video about stress, from National Geographic. The discussion about the destructive effects of cortisol is particularly interesting. Enjoy.
Jul 15, 2010, Financial Stress Wins The Prize Every Year As The Most Stressful Issue In Life.We all have financial stress in our lives. Learn how to solve the problem instead of just learning to cope better. Jul 15, 2010, Money Stress Is a Big Problem Today!Solve money stress by designing your own very profitable website with Site Build It...it's worth its weight in gold. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Money Stress Is a Big Problem Today!" Jul 15, 2010, Money Problems are Within Your Control.Money problems seem to be on everyone's minds these days. Financial wellness is within your grasp. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Money Problems are Within Your Control." Jul 15, 2010, Managing Financial Stress: As Easy As 1, 2, 3Managing financial stress doesn't have to be hard. Follow three steps to end money worries once and for all. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Managing Financial Stress: As Easy As 1, 2, 3" Jul 15, 2010, Money Worries Got You Down?Don't let money worries get the better of you. Watch this slideshow video series to learn how to beat financial stress through self-employment. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Money Worries Got You Down?" Jul 14, 2010, 4 Types of Stress You Need to Know About.A clear understanding of the four different types of stress is the best presciption for health and wellness you will ever find. Permalink -- click for full blog post "4 Types of Stress You Need to Know About." Jul 14, 2010, The EFT Technique is Easy for Everyone to Use Everyday.Rarely will you find a therapy like the EFT Technique that is so effective at dealing with both emotional stress and oxidative stress. It's worth a truckload of gold. Permalink -- click for full blog post "The EFT Technique is Easy for Everyone to Use Everyday. " Jul 3, 2010, Time for an Attitude Adjustment!We are all leaders in our own lives. We have to be because no one else is going to do it for us. Michael Gerber, author of the E-Myth says, “Leaders are at their best when operating from their strengths and core values.” However, most of us don’t think of ourselves as leaders. Many of us just think we are like a small cog in a large wheel, doing what we can to get by. Many of us don’t really believe that what we do, say and feel has much impact on the world or even the people in our immediate surroundings — our community. Jun 29, 2010, Stress Quotes: For You, By You and About You!Normally stress quotes are gathered from famous people, but the best quotes on stress really are the positive things we say to ourselves. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Stress Quotes: For You, By You and About You!" Jun 29, 2010, Healthy Chocolate: When Something Bad Becomes Something Very Good.Healthy chocolate is not just a fad. It's the latest and greatest - great-tasting, that is - in the world of oxidative stress management. Jun 28, 2010, Stress and Illness Go Hand In HandThe links between stress and illness become clearer every day. MS is just one example. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Stress and Illness Go Hand In Hand" Jun 28, 2010, Don’t Waste Your Time Lobbying the Government for Drugs.Carly Weeks of the Globe and Mail recently shared a great article on a new treatment for Multiple Sclerosis (MS), based on the research of Italian doctor, Paolo Zamboni. It seems that MS sufferers are lobbying hard to gain access to Zamboni’s new drug treatment for MS before drug authorities are ready to make it available. Authorities are citing safety concerns as the reason for the foot-dragging. Paul Hébert, editor-in-chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal and co-author of an editorial in the journal, said in an interview, “There are a lot of people out there that have illnesses that are difficult to treat, and impossible to cure. The difficulty we now have is picking priorities.” This is yet another example of wellness disempowerment. MS, and most other chronic degenerative diseases (200 and counting), is a disease known to be caused by free radical damage or oxidative stress. The research (Dr. Ray Strand, Dr. Kenneth Cooper, Dr. Steven Warren) supporting this statement is compelling. The truth is there are many treatments for MS, but as one commenter to the Globe article said, "It is not in the best interest of big pharma to let the masses know about them." Jun 28, 2010, Stress Related Illnesses Are Growing In Number.Do you suffer from any stress related illnesses, such as Asthma, Diabetes or Cancer. They are all caused by oxidative stress and emotional stress. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Stress Related Illnesses Are Growing In Number." May 27, 2010, Ten Tips for Stress Management to Help You Go Stress Free.Just FYI, here are ten tips for stress management you may not have considered in the past. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Ten Tips for Stress Management to Help You Go Stress Free." May 26, 2010, The Hamilton Anxiety Scale is an Excellent Benchmark for Understanding Anxiety.If you think you suffer from an anxiety disorder, the Hamilton Anxiety Scale can help you understand the size of the problem. May 25, 2010, Learn How To Stop Worrying.Are you a worry wart? If you are, in order to get back control of your health and your life means first learning how to stop worrying all the time. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Learn How To Stop Worrying." May 22, 2010, The LEAN Program by Dr. Sears is an Effective Tool to Help Kids Manage Stress.Kids today need all the help they can get to learn to manage stress better and healthy lifestyle choices with Dr. Sears LEAN program is a great place to start. May 22, 2010, Repressed Anger is a Key Factor in Oxidative Stress Leading to Serious Disease.According to Dr. Gabor Mate, repressed anger and other repressed emotions that develop during the first years of life are a key factor in the onset of serious chronic disease later in life. May 21, 2010, Social Withdrawal is One of Many Indicators that Stress is Out of Control.Social withdrawal is often a last resort way to deal with high stress levels. Have you already hit this extreme? May 18, 2010, Wellness Network of the BC Southern Interior.Join our wellness network and learn how to take back control of your health and your life. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Wellness Network of the BC Southern Interior." May 17, 2010, Chocolate Health is the Future!There is so much research available nowadays about the possibilities for everyone's total chocolate health. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Chocolate Health is the Future!" May 16, 2010, The Chocolate Facts Are Not What They Seem.Read on for an overview of all the chocolate facts as they pertian to different health issues. Permalink -- click for full blog post "The Chocolate Facts Are Not What They Seem." May 15, 2010, Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe?Find out what it would take to create a truly healthy chocolate chip cookie recipe. Some elements of this task may surprise you. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe?" May 14, 2010, Eating Dark Chocolate May Lower Stress Hormones, Researchers SayDark Chocolate Takes Bite Out of StressEating Dark Chocolate May Lower Stress Hormones, Researchers Say By Jennifer Warner, WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MD Nov. 13, 2009 Those stress-induced chocolate cravings may be justified after all. A new study shows that eating dark chocolate may lower levels of stress hormones in people feeling stressed out. Researchers found that eating the equivalent of one average-sized dark chocolate candy bar (1.4 ounces) each day for two weeks reduced levels of the stress hormone cortisol as well as the “fight-or-flight” hormones known as catecholamines in highly stressed people. The findings add to a growing number of recently discovered potential health benefits of dark chocolate. For example, cocoa has been found to be rich in a class of antioxidants called flavonoids, which have been linked to a number of health benefits. Researchers are also investigating other compounds in dark chocolate that may offer other health benefits, such as improved insulin sensitivity, reduced blood pressure, and improved mood. May 14, 2010, Are You the Parent of an "Orchid" Child? Orchid Children are Highly Reactive to Stress and Need The Right Kind of Support.By Anne McIlroy, Science Reporter From The Globe and MailPublished on Friday, Feb. 05, 2010 They are called “orchid children,” highly sensitive youngsters who are vulnerable to behavior and learning problems if they live in a stressful environment, but nevertheless can outperform their peers if they come from a supportive home. Research published Friday bolsters a new theory that there is a positive side to traits and genes associated with susceptibility to emotional problems and cognitive deficits. It recasts those vulnerabilities as potential strengths, and says they can help children excel, given the right kind of care and attention. May 14, 2010, Better Brain Function May Mean Better Stress Management AbilityResveratrol may boost blood flow in the brain: Study By Stephen Daniells, 05-May-2010 High doses of the antioxidant, Resveratrol, may improve blood flow in the brain and potentially boost brain health, say results of a new human study from the UK. May 11, 2010, Get All Your Antioxidants from Chocolate
Stressful lifestyles and bad food leads to free radical production in your body... Mar 31, 2010, EFT Tapping Is The Ultimate Stress Management Technique.EFT tapping is the answer to your prayers about a stress management or stress elimination technique. Read more... Permalink -- click for full blog post "EFT Tapping Is The Ultimate Stress Management Technique." Feb 22, 2010, How To Reduce Financial Stress - Learn 4 Passive Income StrategiesHave you discovered how to reduce financial stress? Sometimes the only answer is to add a source of income. Here are 4 great strategies to earn a passive full-time or part-time income. Feb 21, 2010, Dr. Oz says, "You're the Army!"Wow, I just had the pleasure of watching a short conversation on YouTube between Dr. Oz and Jorge Cruise, author of the Belly Fat Cure. It's well worth the watch. Sugar is the silent killer.
If you want to start addressing the problem of sugar in your diet, please visit Dr. Ray Strand's Releasing Fat Website and sign up for the Healthy for Life program. If you use my discount code "futurefocus" it will only cost you $39.96 USD for the 3 month program (12 weeks). You will receive tons of information, access to a lifestyle journal, recipes and recommended food lists. The reality is that sugar is more addictive than cocaine and heroin, and it's more destructive than a natural disaster when you consider how many people die from sugar-related chronic disease each year. Are you just going to sit around waiting to become a statistic or are you going to fight oxidative stress and live? Join the army! Let your friends and family hear Dr. Oz's message today. Feb 20, 2010, Oxidative Stress Report: Diabetes in Pregant Women Increases Birth Defects in Children by Four TimesThe more research scientists do, the more they learn how dangerous is the problem of free radicals and oxidative stress. An article from Reuters Online News Service reports that women who already have diabetes before getting pregnant are four times more likely to produce a child with a birth defect, such as Spina Bifida, Cleft Palate or heart defects. It has long been understood that the main cause of all chronic degenerative disease, including Diabetes, is free radicals and oxidative stress. More simply put, the better job you do of eliminating free radicals, the less likely you are to get sick from chronic disease. The more I read and study about wellness, the more I realize how absolutely helpless we are against disease and dysfunction without the help of antioxidants. This is so because antioxidants are capable of neutralizing free oxygen radicals before they can do more damage. We also, absolutely must, engage in extreme lifestyle change (Dr. Ray Strand). One way for people to stabilize their blood sugar, reverse diseases such as Diabetes and lose weight is through the consumption of foods high in antioxidant flavonoids.(Dr. Steve Warren). One such food is pure, unadulterated cocoa beans made into healthy dark chocolate. The cocoa can't be beat up and highly-processed, like most of the food we eat today, and it can't be filled with unhealthy milk, refined sugar and all the other fillers, like most chocolate on the market today. No, it has to be cold-pressed and gently treated and made into healthy and yummy dark chocolate using low-glycemic sweeteners such as Agave Nectar, Palatinose, and of course, naturally-occurring, low glycemic fructose. If you want to get the healthiest, yummiest dark chocolate on the planet, just follow this link to Xocai. Of course, there is more to reversing disease and losing weight than just eating healthy chocolate, but increasing the amount of antioxidants you consume is a very big step in the right direction. Isn't it time to give your future children a fighting chance? Click here to read the full Reuters Article. Jan 17, 2010, A Stress Quote a Day Keeps Anxiety at Bay!Reading a stress quote can help lighten your day. Here is a collection of quotes, some famous and others more obscure, some funny and others more serious. Permalink -- click for full blog post "A Stress Quote a Day Keeps Anxiety at Bay!" Jan 16, 2010, 40 Stress Management Tips For You.What stress management tips do you use to get through your day? Here is a list from Reader's Digest. Permalink -- click for full blog post "40 Stress Management Tips For You." Jan 13, 2010, Ignorance is Not Bliss, When It Comes To Money. End Financial Stress Now!How much debt are you in? $5000? $10,000? More? What a sad state affairs for people in North America. We are obese, stressed out, sick and laden with debt. We aren't just chubby - we are fat; we aren't just stressed - we are suffering from clinical anxiety disorders; we aren't just "under the weather" - we are dying from chronic disease; and we aren't just in a little debt - we are drowning under a mountain of bills. What a sad commentary. What ever happened to our quality of life? Where did it go? Money is a big one for many people these days. They are so stressed out about money. Debt loads are huge, income levels are dropping, job security is disappearing and costs, of course, are rising and rising fast. I would love to be able to say that the cure is as simple as 1.2.3. With many of my stress topics, I have been able to point to a food that you can stop eating or a scientific solution that can be implemented and suddenly the unbearable problem can be lifted away. This is not the case with money. Financial stress is a learned thing. You are either comfortable with it or not. If you are comfortable with money, then debt will not bother you, and getting the money you need, will simply be a journey. You might seek out different money-making ventures, you might increase your knowledge as you go through life and, overtime, money will not cause you much stress. If, however, you are not comfortable with money or you have issues with money that have been left over from childhood, then money will be a problem for you. Debt will cause you stress, losing a job or being temporarily unemployed will drive you to the brink, and earning money will always be a chore. You will probably continually sabotage yourself. It's all in your head. One of the best ways to overpower your mind so that you can begin to relax around money is through hypnosis. You have to start learning some new money patterns. You need to give yourself permission to have money. Only then can you take the steps needed to have money. To show the power of suggestion, watch Steve G Jones perform some humorous street hypnosis that temporarily renders people no longer able to count to ten. Get Steve G. Jones' End Finance Stress Hypnosis Program Now!
One of those steps is education. As with any stress related issue, education is key. The more you know about food and your body's physiology, the more likely you will be to lose weight and keep it off. Money is the same, the more you know about money and finance, the more likely you will be to find ways to earn money and keep it flowing into your life.
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